Improvement in coops for fowls



AUNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. BOARDMAN SMITH, OF NORTH HAVEN, ASSIGNOR TO Cr. EDWARD .CLEETON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOPS FOR FOWLS.

i Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,494, dated August 29, 1871; antedated August 16, 1871.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, J. BOARDMAN SMITH, of North Haven, in the coimty of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chicken-Coops and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of coops for conning fowls which is made with detachable parts, in order that they (the parts) maybe separated from each other and be packed in a small compass for shipment; and consists in certain details of construction which will be fully described hereinafter.

In. the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved coop; and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, views of parts detached.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe fully its construction. 4

A represents the door of the coop, consisting of suitable pieces of board of proper length and width, secured near their ends by the cross-bars a a, which project slightly beyond the sides, as shown. B B represent the end pieces, which correspond with each other in form; and consist also of suitable pieces of boards of proper length and width, held at top and bottom by cross-bars b b1, to which they are secured in any proper manner. The upper cross-bar projects over the sides of the boards at each end, as shown. The lower cross-bar also projects ina similar manner, and is further provided with vertical pins b2, and a flange, b3, which projects at right angles to the cross-bar, and serves as a support for the floorA when the parts are united to form the coop. C C represent the front and back of the coop, provided with wires or slats, as usual. These parts are substantially the same in construction, the iirst, however, being provided with a door of any suitable construction for placing in or removing the fowls. They have each an upper and lower cross-bar, c c1, of suitable length, the ends of which are rabbeted or recessed, as shown at c2 c2, the upper cross-bar being out away above and the lower one beneath. The'lower cross-bar, moreover, is provided with sockets for the reception of the pins b2. D represents the cover, constructed of any proper material and provided with flanges d d1, as shown, the rear one of which is provided with horizontal pins Z2 projecting inwardly, as shown.

The coop may be set up as follows: The back Cl of the coop may be placed in position with its lower cross-bars c1 resting upon the rear ends of the lower cross-bar b1 of the ends B B', the pins of the .latter being inserted in the sockets of the former. The floor may thus be caused to rest upon the inwardly-projecting iianges b3 of the end pieces, in which position its cross-bars a a will project beneath the cross-bar c1, and thus prevent the floor om being displaced in ease the coop should be inverted. The ends of the upper cross-bar c rest beneath the projecting ends of the upper cross-bar b of the end pieces, the rabbeted joints fitting snugly together and serving to mutually support each part. The front side is connected to the ends in a similar manner to the rear side. When thus set up it will be observed that the lower parts are rigidly held from displacement by means of the pins b2 resting in the sockets. The upper part, however, is secured by means ofthe cover, the iianges of which prevent the sides and en ds from spreading and thus becoming separated. It is itself held by means of the pins d?, which are inserted in suitable sockets in the upper cross-bar of the rear sides, and a screw, d3, which is screwed through the front iiange into the upper crossbar of the front side,'when the cover is placed in position. It will thus be observed that the parts of the coop are rmly connected together when properly set up, thus making a stron-g and rigid coop, while the removal of a single screw permits them to be readily separated and laid together in a small compass for shipment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A coop constructed in separate and detached parts, as described, having its ends and This specification signed and witnessed this sides united by rabbeted `joints held by pins and 6th day of October, 1870.

sockets, and a zmged cover, substantially as set J. BOARDMAN SMITH. forth.

2. The speciic construction described, consist- Witnesses: v ing of the floor A, ends B B', front and back C W. B. ARMSTRONG, C', and cover D, constructed and arranged rela- FRANK PRESCOTT.

tively as described, for the purpose set forth. 

